Harry Potter's summer has included the worst birthday ever, doomy warnings from a house-elf called Dobby, and rescue from the Dursleys by his friend Ron Weasley in a magical flying car! Back at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for his second year, Harry hears strange whispers echo through empty corridors - and then the attacks start. Students are found as though turned to stone... Dobby's sinister predictions seem to be coming true. "J. K. Rowling's second book is just as funny, frightening and unexpected as her first." The Daily Mail ... |
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The hilarious and moving new book from funny fiction superstar Sam Copeland, author of the bestselling "Charlie Changes Into a Chicken". Uma Gnudersonn has a head full of questions: How can I save my home from being sold? Will my dad ever start talking again? And how do alpacas get drunk? But since her mum died, Uma's life has been short on answers. Then she finds a genius artificial intelligence called Athena who knows everything. Suddenly Uma has the answer to any question she can imagine - from the capital of Mozambique to the colour of her headteacher's underpants - and she's going to use them ... |
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Billy Plimpton is an eleven-year-old boy with a big dream. He wants to be a stand-up comedian when he grows up: delivering pinpoint punch-lines and having audiences hang on his every hilarious word. A tough career for anyone, but surely impossible for Billy, who has a stammer. How will he find his voice, if his voice won't let him speak? The idea for this story came from Helen Rutter's son, who has a stammer: she wanted to write the book that he would love to read, starring a child like him."Very funny, very touching, very truthful - a total delight to read." Jacqueline Wilson "Amazing." ... |
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50 th anniversary edition. Over 30 million copies sold worldwide. ... "Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird."A lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel - a black man charged with the rape of a white girl. Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores with exuberant humour the irrationality of adult attitudes to race and class in the Deep South of the thirties. The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence and hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina of ... |
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Комплектът за хранене Emotion Sweet Bunny от Bebe Confort съдържа шише с вместимост 270 ml, силиконов биберон и капаче. Шишето е изработено от висококачествено стъкло, което е устойчиво на висока температура, а широкото му гърло позволява по-лесното му пълнене и почистване. Към него е предвидено и капаче, което надеждно затваря биберона и предпазва от протичане на течности. Шишето разполага със система на затваряне с 2 клапи, без опасност от протичане и предотвратява образуването на вакуум в него. Така бебето има много по-малък шанс да получи колики, основната причина за които е поглъщането на въздух по време на хранене. ... |
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Комплектът за хранене Emotion Sweet Bunny от Bebe Confort съдържа шише с вместимост 130 ml, силиконов биберон и капаче. Шишето е изработено от висококачествено стъкло, което е устойчиво на висока температура, а широкото му гърло позволява по-лесното му пълнене и почистване. Към него е предвидено и капаче, което надеждно затваря биберона и предпазва от протичане на течности. Шишето разполага със система на затваряне с 2 клапи, без опасност от протичане и предотвратява образуването на вакуум в него. Така бебето има много по-малък шанс да получи колики, основната причина за които е поглъщането на въздух по време на хранене. ... |
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Life, death and everything in between. ... Lily wakes up one crisp Sunday morning on the side of the road. She has no idea how she got there. It is only when a police car arrives, and she sees her own body, that she realises she is in fact... dead. But nobody can see or hear her, however hard she tries. So what is she supposed to do next? Then Lily is given once-in-a-deathtime opportunity. Will she take it? "Wonderful... a near perfect piece of writing - funny and tender and wounded and furious." Matthew Crow, author of "In Bloom" ... |
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Edited by Becky Brown. ... A beautiful gift anthology of classic poetry which captures the excitement and joy of a new arrival in the family. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library ; a series of stunning pocket-sized classics with ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. There are poems which celebrate the anticipation of the happy event and the outburst of joy and hope which it brings. There are gorgeous lullabies and rhymes to read aloud as well as wise words of encouragement and advice. Poems for New Parents also looks forward to a child's own discoveries and ... |
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Максин Айнщайн е типичното 12-годишно момиче. Тя: ходи на училище в университет всеки ден; играе на площадката шах в парка; измисля приказки изобретения, с които помага на бездомници; учи за разговаря с Алберт Айнщайн (е, поне наум). Напълно нормално, нали? Но всичко се променя, когато Макс е наета от мистериозна организация. Институтът за създаване на промени цели да намери решение за най-големите проблеми в света с помощта на науката. Макс и група гениални деца трябва да открият начин да захранят с електричество най-отдалечените и бедни кътчета на планетата. И то преди Корпорацията да стигне дотам. Не ... |
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"The English Neighbour" is a resourceful, vivid, and tirelessly funny story about the clash and fusion of cultures in today{{~}}s age of globalization. Bulgaria. Middle of Nowhere. The fictional village of Plodorodno (meaning "fertile") is in dire straits. As Bulgaria is gradually opening to the outside world, many of its residents have emigrated in pursuit of a different life, while others cast their hopes on winning the lottery instead of on working the fertile land nearby. One fine day, a true Englishman named John buys a hose in the village and settles there. He is retired chemical engineer ... |
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Sid Jones loves hanging out in the graveyard with her best friend Zen - they are desperate to see a real-life ghost! But when Sid accidentally summons a 300-year-old pirate from the dead, it opens the door to the Halfway House - a magical inn Full of lost souls from across the ages, all trapped there by a sinister landlord. There are more ghosts that Sid could ever have imagined - and they're all sure Sid is there to save them! (Sid's sure there's been some kind of mistake.) But someone else is watching, and they're not happy about Sid helping the ghosts..."Funny, epic, exciting!" Sam Copeland ... |
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Based on the story of O. Henry . Text adaptation by Bill Bowler . ... What does a poor young woman do when she loses her boyfriend or wants to find one? What little lies do we tell to make ourselves look better in the eyes of those that we love? How can a friend save someone who is sure that they are going to die? What happens when someone's clever plans all go wrong? These sweetly surprising short stories - about both good times and bad - are sometimes sad, and sometimes funny. But all of them are sure to make you think. Dominoes is a full-colour, interactive readers series that offers students a fun reading ... |
